Indianapolis Colts President Bill Polian has a simple explanation for why the team lost the Super Bowl. But he has no idea
why there was no parade celebrating the team’s season in its hometown.
Indy Racing League officials must be wondering why so many more people tuned in to watch Danica Patrick race in a rinky-dink
stock car race than watched her race open-wheelers at 200 plus mph.
A judge has entered a preliminary not guilty plea for a former Indiana University basketball player charged in connection
with an ex-business partner’s multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.
Lawyers for former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon are promising to expose financial information about NCAA’s licensing
contracts the NCAA would rather keep private.
The team sold Super Bowl tickets to 26 state lawmakers, 27 members of the City-County Council, 10 members of Mayor Greg Ballard’s
office, six other state officials, and four Congressmen.
The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of “M*A*S*H” to become the most-watched program in television history.
NFL honchos are asking local 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee leaders for patience while they work out a deal with the players
union that will preserve the big game here. If that doesn’t happen, locals may be waiting a while for the game to come back.
Labor meetings in Miami over the weekend did little to dispel speculation that the souring relationship between NFL players
and owners could jeopardize the 2012 Super Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium.
There’s no rest for the Indianapolis Colts front office. This week, the teams’ sales and marketing teams will formulate an
off-season plan and finalize ticket prices for next season.
Super Bowl viewers were rubbing their eyes at the sight of a TV spot pairing CBS late-night host David Letterman with longtime
NBC archrival Jay Leno, plus media magnate Oprah Winfrey.
The Colts’ Super Bowl loss saddened employees at a local plant that makes NFL gear, but the Saints’
win will give the bottom line a bigger boost.
Eli Manning and Jim Mora are telling tales out of school about the Indianapolis Colts’ MVP.
The 39-year-old Leary was being held Friday in the Monroe County Jail in Bloomington on charges out of Allen County.
CBS and Turner Sports are discussing a joint bid for the broadcast rights to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament rights if
the
NCAA decides to opt out of its current deal.
Indy Racing League officials want the open-wheel series’ new chassis to be built in Indiana. But that’s not all they want.
We can promise, at game time, a perfect environment: 70 degrees and dry.
Colts owner Jim Irsay’s promise to Peyton Manning this week puts team president Bill Polian in a difficult, some may say impossible,
position.
As Super Bowl approaches, companies unaffiliated with the Colts avoid becoming victims of the NFL’s strict trademark-enforcement
policies by supporting the team in generic fashion.
The big question for many politicians isn’t about ethics. Rather, it’s whether to shell out $800 per ticket, plus hotel costs
and airfare.
